Features
Tuesday, August 2 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 1: Chantal Akerman - Bernardo Bertolucci
Neurotic New Yorkers, Queer Mavericks, Swedish close-ups and the art of putting a microphone on every person on set are but a few of the themes explored in PopMatters' first group of ten essential directors, Chantal Akerman through Bernardo Bertolucci. Please note that any perceived omissions were likely on purpose...
Wednesday, November 10 2010
The Ignoble Quest for Infamy: Filming McCabe & Mrs. Miller in Vancouver
Forty years on, McCabe & Mrs. Miller remains Vancouver’s cinematic benchmark. By the time McCabe rolled into production, M*A*S*H had made Robert Altman a star, and he returned to Vancouver with his core team to create a Western like no other in film history.
Thursday, January 24 2008
Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List
A lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away.
Wednesday, June 20 2007
Part 3: The Stellar '70s
When it comes to post-modern moviemaking, everyone stereotypes the Me Decade as the genre's defining moment. In this case -- as illustrated by the 10 films that represent it -- the categorization is more than accurate.
Thursday, January 4 2007
Dreaming Out Loud: Robert Altman at the IFC Center
Robert Altman's films often reveal in dreams the strangeness of being alive. This more than anything sums up the timeless greatness of Altman at his best, and starts to convey what’s lost when cinema is thought of as commodity rather than art.
Reviews
Wednesday, February 8 2012
Robert Altman Before and After 'M*A*S*H': 'Countdown' & 'Brewster McCloud'
These two early curiosities from Robert Altman's career are available on-demand.
Thursday, February 11 2010
Streamers
This film is a smoldering evisceration of male hypocrisy, pretense, racial anxiety, and sexual panic that would give Neil LaBute pause.
Monday, October 16 2006
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
That a down home jamboree could be interesting to heavy-metal loving middle school students speaks to its wide.
Thursday, July 20 2006
Altman on Altman by David Thompson [editor]
Altman has quite an anecdotal history among his faithful. Any book that claims to dig deeper really has to deliver.
Friday, June 9 2006
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
A Prairie Home Companion combines typical Altman strategies, like overlapping dialogue and converging multiple storylines, as well as his fanatical appreciation for the process of creating art.
Blogs
Tuesday, October 11 2011
The Graces and the Fates: '3 Women' (Blu-ray)
3 Women is a godsend. It represents Altman's ultimate interior masterpiece.
Tuesday, August 2 2011
100 Essential Directors - Robert Altman
100 Essential Directors celebrates directors of distinct vision, who have honed their respective crafts, who have brought something new and exciting to the medium, and who continue to push the boundaries of the form.
Wednesday, June 29 2011
ReFramed No. 4: Robert Altman's 'California Split'
Leaving Godard aside, ReFramed explores the pure entertainment value of Robert Altman's oft-dismissed California Split.
